But a yearlong investigation bysuggests that Confirmed360 is far from a direct source to the stars. Often, it appears, stars aren’t knowingly providing access to fans via Confirmed360, let alone doing one-to-one deals with the company. “Confirmed360 uses any relationship it can to gain access to the thing that they’re trying to sell,” one former employee tellsConfirmed360 does at times work directly with artists’ teams.
Barnhart had been introduced to Swift through his daughter, bringing her to a concert when she was 10. Though she soon lost interest in Swift’s music, he became an ever bigger fan over the years, “touched and moved” by the singer’s poetic lyricism. He not only admired Swift’s talents as a songwriter; as a cancer survivor whose mother had also died of the disease when he was young, he felt a bond with Swift when her own mother was struggling with the same illness.
In the case of Lillian Whayne’s Coachella fiasco, that would in theory have put festival organizer Goldenvoice, which generates authorized wristbands, on the hook. But what if the “supplier” has no idea their goods are going to third-party customers? Representatives from Goldenvoice declined to comment for this story, but pointed to the Coachella website, which states that all wristbands are non-transferable, and any wristbands “obtained from unauthorized sources […] are worthless.
Not that Ampolsky makes it easy to leave — especially when someone has gone on to work for or set up a competitRolling Stone to divert Confirmed360 clients to his own business. Barkalow denied the allegations, and countered that Ampolsky tried to hack his private accounts and personal email, destroyed Barkalow’s trade-secrets, failed to pay him outstanding wages and commissions, and sent Barkalow’s wife texts and emails suggesting Barkalow had committed embezzlement and adultery. No one comes out looking great in the mudslinging suit; in 2020, both Confirmed360 and Barkalow agreed to drop their claims.
terminated a month later, an action she says she believes was “substantially motivated” by her disclosure.
Can’t quite get past the fact it opens with someone named Lill Whayne
If you want to scam people out of their money, start a religion. With religion you can promise things you can never deliver on and get away with it.
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